Lightning Web Components Jobs

Salesforce Lightning Web Components (LWC)
UK

The table below provides summary statistics for permanent job vacancies requiring Lightning Web Components skills. It includes a benchmarking guide to the annual salaries offered in vacancies that cited Lightning Web Components over the 6 months leading up to 4 May 2025, comparing them to the same period in the previous two years.

6 months to
4 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 606 781 811
Rank change year-on-year +175 +30 -3
Permanent jobs citing Lightning Web Components 94 123 183
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 0.18% 0.12% 0.18%
As % of the Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards category 1.10% 0.58% 0.59%
Number of salaries quoted 48 79 146
10th Percentile £46,000 £36,750 £41,250
25th Percentile £54,375 £50,625 £53,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £61,250 £62,500 £70,000
Median % change year-on-year -2.00% -10.71% -
75th Percentile £76,563 £72,500 £80,938
90th Percentile £84,125 £81,250 £85,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £62,500 £58,750
% change year-on-year -4.00% +6.38% -9.62%

All Software Libraries and Frameworks
UK

Lightning Web Components falls under the Software Libraries and Frameworks category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for technical specification, industry standards, software libraries and framework skills 8,534 21,080 31,279
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 16.22% 21.38% 30.14%
Number of salaries quoted 6,428 15,747 19,253
10th Percentile £38,750 £36,250 £41,117
25th Percentile £50,938 £45,000 £50,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £65,000 £60,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.33% -11.11% +8.00%
75th Percentile £87,500 £79,500 £87,500
90th Percentile £111,250 £100,000 £105,000
UK excluding London median annual salary £60,000 £55,000 £57,500
% change year-on-year +9.09% -4.35% +4.55%

Lightning Web Components
Job Vacancy Trend

Job postings citing Lightning Web Components as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised.

Job vacancy trend for Lightning Web Components in the UK

Lightning Web Components
Salary Trend

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Lightning Web Components.

Salary trend for Lightning Web Components in the UK

Lightning Web Components
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Lightning Web Components over the 6 months to 4 May 2025.

Salary histogram for Lightning Web Components in the UK

Lightning Web Components
Top 11 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Lightning Web Components within the UK over the 6 months to 4 May 2025. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England +166 85 £60,000 -0.83% 131
UK excluding London +177 47 £60,000 -4.00% 76
London +99 38 £60,000 -7.69% 71
South East +122 28 £65,000 -18.75% 27
Work from Home +155 17 £60,000 +26.32% 110
South West +119 9 £60,000 +4.35% 3
Midlands +61 4 £70,000 +7.69% 15
East Midlands +43 4 £70,000 +7.69% 6
Yorkshire +66 3 £47,500 - 10
North of England +53 3 £47,500 - 26
Northern Ireland - 3 - -

Lightning Web Components
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 7 (7.45%) Confluence
2 1 (1.06%) SharePoint
2 1 (1.06%) WordPress
Applications
1 5 (5.32%) Microsoft Excel
1 5 (5.32%) Microsoft Office
Business Applications
1 5 (5.32%) NetSuite
2 1 (1.06%) Salesforce CRM
Cloud Services
1 38 (40.43%) Salesforce Sales Cloud
2 25 (26.60%) Salesforce Service Cloud
3 8 (8.51%) SaaS
4 6 (6.38%) Boomi
5 4 (4.26%) AWS
5 4 (4.26%) Power Platform
6 3 (3.19%) Google Workspace
6 3 (3.19%) iPaaS
6 3 (3.19%) Microsoft 365
7 2 (2.13%) Azure
7 2 (2.13%) Salesforce Einstein
8 1 (1.06%) Amazon Bedrock
8 1 (1.06%) Azure DevOps
8 1 (1.06%) ChatGPT
8 1 (1.06%) OneDrive
Communications & Networking
1 2 (2.13%) Broadband
1 2 (2.13%) Internet
1 2 (2.13%) WPA
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (6.38%) Relational Database
2 5 (5.32%) Electronic Patient Records
2 5 (5.32%) RDBMS
3 4 (4.26%) Power BI
4 3 (3.19%) Data Mining
5 1 (1.06%) MySQL
Development Applications
1 8 (8.51%) JIRA
2 6 (6.38%) Git
3 5 (5.32%) Bitbucket
4 3 (3.19%) Jenkins
5 2 (2.13%) Visual Studio Code
General
1 46 (48.94%) Social Skills
2 36 (38.30%) Marketing
3 22 (23.40%) Law
4 14 (14.89%) Finance
5 12 (12.77%) Analytical Skills
6 7 (7.45%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 7 (7.45%) Public Sector
7 5 (5.32%) Pharmaceutical
8 2 (2.13%) Advertising
8 2 (2.13%) Financial Institution
8 2 (2.13%) Organisational Skills
9 1 (1.06%) Electronics
9 1 (1.06%) Influencing Skills
9 1 (1.06%) Legal
9 1 (1.06%) Manufacturing
9 1 (1.06%) Retail
9 1 (1.06%) Telecoms
Job Titles
1 43 (45.74%) Developer
2 40 (42.55%) Salesforce Developer
3 27 (28.72%) Architect
3 27 (28.72%) Salesforce Architect
4 24 (25.53%) Senior
5 21 (22.34%) Enterprise Architect
6 15 (15.96%) Senior Developer
6 15 (15.96%) Senior Salesforce Developer
7 6 (6.38%) Analyst
8 5 (5.32%) Sales Executive
8 5 (5.32%) Salesforce Expert
8 5 (5.32%) Senior Sales Executive
8 5 (5.32%) Solutions Sales Executive
9 4 (4.26%) Lead
9 4 (4.26%) Senior Analyst
10 3 (3.19%) Data Analyst
10 3 (3.19%) Salesforce Solution Architect
10 3 (3.19%) Solutions Architect
11 2 (2.13%) Administrator
11 2 (2.13%) Lead Developer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 36 (38.30%) SOAP
2 35 (37.23%) REST
3 31 (32.98%) Middleware
4 22 (23.40%) Visualforce
5 5 (5.32%) HTML
6 4 (4.26%) CSS
6 4 (4.26%) Web Services
7 3 (3.19%) HTML5
7 3 (3.19%) JSON
7 3 (3.19%) JWT
7 3 (3.19%) OAuth
8 2 (2.13%) AngularJS
8 2 (2.13%) jQuery
8 2 (2.13%) OAuth2
8 2 (2.13%) XML
9 1 (1.06%) CSS3
9 1 (1.06%) Laravel
9 1 (1.06%) Node.js
9 1 (1.06%) Sass
9 1 (1.06%) Symfony
Miscellaneous
1 21 (22.34%) Enterprise Software
2 10 (10.64%) NHS
3 8 (8.51%) Management Information System
4 5 (5.32%) PACS
4 5 (5.32%) Product Ownership
5 3 (3.19%) Tandem
6 1 (1.06%) Educational Technology
6 1 (1.06%) Legacy Systems
Processes & Methodologies
1 40 (42.55%) Agile
2 37 (39.36%) Data Modelling
2 37 (39.36%) DevOps
3 32 (34.04%) Data Management
4 29 (30.85%) Continuous Improvement
5 28 (29.79%) Business Strategy
5 28 (29.79%) Design Patterns
6 27 (28.72%) CI/CD
6 27 (28.72%) Stakeholder Management
7 26 (27.66%) Computer Science
8 25 (26.60%) Enterprise Architecture
9 23 (24.47%) Technical Leadership
9 23 (24.47%) Thought Leadership
10 22 (23.40%) Microservices
11 21 (22.34%) Data Privacy
11 21 (22.34%) Information Security
11 21 (22.34%) Master Data Management
11 21 (22.34%) Release Management
11 21 (22.34%) Software Delivery
11 21 (22.34%) TOGAF
Programming Languages
1 83 (88.30%) Apex Code
2 21 (22.34%) JavaScript
3 11 (11.70%) SQL
4 7 (7.45%) SOQL
5 2 (2.13%) PHP
6 1 (1.06%) Scala
6 1 (1.06%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 31 (32.98%) Degree
2 23 (24.47%) Computer Science Degree
3 21 (22.34%) Master's Degree
4 2 (2.13%) Security Cleared
5 1 (1.06%) DBS Check
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 28 (29.79%) Data Quality
2 3 (3.19%) Accessibility
2 3 (3.19%) WCAG
3 2 (2.13%) QA
4 1 (1.06%) Disclosure Scotland
System Software
1 1 (1.06%) Docker
Systems Management
1 1 (1.06%) Single Sign-On
1 1 (1.06%) Terraform
Vendors
1 94 (100.00%) Salesforce
2 22 (23.40%) Salesforce Marketing Cloud
3 12 (12.77%) MuleSoft
4 8 (8.51%) Microsoft
5 6 (6.38%) Dell
6 5 (5.32%) Informatica
7 4 (4.26%) Adobe
7 4 (4.26%) Pardot
8 3 (3.19%) Google
9 2 (2.13%) DocuSign
9 2 (2.13%) Jitterbit
10 1 (1.06%) Atlassian
10 1 (1.06%) Conga
10 1 (1.06%) OpenAI
10 1 (1.06%) SAP
10 1 (1.06%) Zuora